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KEY: 1–hypochondria, 2–hypertension, 3–incendiarism, 4–arson, 5–iconoclasm, 6–
prognosis, 7–diagnostic, 8–hypotension, 9–prognosticate, 10–diagnose, 11–
prognostication, 12–diagnostician, 13–hypertensive, 14–hypotensive, 15–theologian

CHAPTER REVIEW

A. Do you recognize the words?

1. Disciplinarian:
(a) martinet, (b) virago, (c) dilettante
2. Bootlicker:

(a) chauvinist, (b) sycophant, (c) lecher
3. Scoffer at tradition:
(a) monomaniac, (b) hypochondriac, (c) iconoclast

4. Disbeliever in God:
(a) agnostic, (b) atheist, (c) chauvinist
5. Accomplished musician:

(a) tyro, (b) dilettante, (c) virtuoso
6. Sheer, flimsy:
(a) diaphanous, (b) uxorious, (c) paternal

7. Abusive woman:
(a) termagant, (b) virtuoso, (c) matriarch
8. Murder of one’s wife:

(a) genocide, (b) uxoricide, (c) sororicide
9. Old man in ruling position:
(a) matriarch, (b) patricide, (c) patriarch

10. Morbid compulsion to steal:
(a) dipsomania, (b) nymphomania, (c) kleptomania
11. Delusions of grandeur:

(a) megalomania, (b) egomania, (c) pyromania
12. Lewd, lustful:
(a) prurient, (b) agnostic, (c) hypochondriac

13. Belief in many gods:
(a) polytheism, (b) monotheism, (c) agnosticism
14. Setting fire for economic gain:

(a) pyromania, (b) incendiarism, (c) arson
15. Morbid fear of heights: